The U.S. General Services Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs are sponsoring PATHFINDERS 2005, a conference for Veteran and Service-Disabled Veteran business owners. The conference, being held November 7-8, 2005 at Union Station in Kansas City, MO, is an opportunity for business owners to discover procurement opportunities - including contracts for hurricane relief efforts, network with federal agencies, and receive training that is important to doing business with the federal government. Explore subcontracting opportunities with Nortel, IBM, AVAYA, Booz Allen Hamilton, Simplex, Sprint, CSCL and many others. Keynote speakers include Admiral Bill Owens, U.S. Navy (ret.) of Nortel Networks and GSA Federal Acquisition Service Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services, Deidre A. Lee. To register on-line, visit www.gsa.gov/vetevents or call 816-823-1976.